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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Tea Party unmoved by US default threat

Tea Party unmoved by US default threat


Tea Party unmoved by US default threat

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 11:32 AM PDT

US Republicans such as Tim Huelskamp refuse to believe that the US will be unable to repay interest payments if the debt ceiling is not raised on October 17

Soaring US drone market comes under fire

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 11:15 AM PDT

An even bigger commercial prize is under threat, even as the domestic market is on the brink of taking off, because of privacy worries in scores of US states

Maduro seeks to rule Venezuela by decree

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 09:43 AM PDT

Nicolás Maduro is seeking emergency powers to fight "economic war", after the expulsion of US diplomats

IMF tells nations to raise their game

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 11:13 AM PDT

World faces years of sluggish growth unless leading economies undertake difficult economic reforms, downbeat World Economic Outlook says

Iran debates ‘Death to America’ slogan

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 07:30 AM PDT

Rafsanjani, former president and pillar of political establishment, has also gone public with his opposition to the continued use of phrase

Nobel Prize for Higgs boson discovery

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 09:53 AM PDT

Physics prize goes to François Englert and Peter Higgs, who jointly and independently proposed theories on how mass arises in the universe

Russia hits Lithuania with dairy ban

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 09:23 AM PDT

Russia's announces more stringent testing of Georgian wine imports, the day after banning Lithuanian dairy products and soon after blocking Moldovan spirits

Brussels seeks funds to boost sea patrols

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 11:22 AM PDT

EU commissioner says interior ministers back her call to boost border patrol agency, following the death of 250 migrants whose boat sank off Lampedusa

Turks welcome easing of headscarf ban

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 09:35 AM PDT

Most of the restrictions on women wearing headscarves in public life have been scrapped, a move welcomed by most Turks – but some people are fearful Erdogan is taking the country in a more Islamic direction

E-cigarettes breathe easy on EU regulation

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 09:32 AM PDT

Proposal to expose growing electronic smoking products to the same regulatory standards as medicines rejected by European Parliament

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